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National Rifle Association: lawfully carrying a firearm is sufficient grounds for summary execution

On January 25, 2026

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Vice President Dick Cheney inspects a flintlock rifle given to him by the National Rifle Association while he is surrounded by NRA officers Sandra Froman (L), CEO Wayne LaPierre (C), and NRA President Kayne Robinson (R) during the 133rd Annual NRA convention being held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on April 17, 2004 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Cheney spoke to NRA conventioneers about the Bush administration’s support of second amendment rights.

It’s not news that pretty much every major conservative interest group has become nothing but Donald Trump’s personal bitch, but still it’s hard to repudiate your alleged principles more comprehensively than this:

If you weren't tracking it, it's hard to explain how hyperventilated the NRA's rhetoric about looming government jackboots was while Barack Obama was president. It was their/LaPierre's central sales pitch.

[image or embed]— Philip Bump (@pbump.com) Jan 24, 2026 at 6:22 PM

Can’t wait for the next Clarence Thomas holding that convicted felons need to be able to own rocket launchers as an indispensable bulwark against government tyranny.